271–280 of 310 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are these reliable? Can a judge compel someone to continue publishing a canary to prevent leaking the information?
And is it unthinkable someone would do it without a legal requirement, to keep their business afloat?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
23. Been using IRC on and off since I was 14.
So since ~2012. I've not used IRC since before then so maybe things have been relatively calm in those nine years, but IRC has been around since 1988 and has a long history of drama arguably starting with the first big split in 1990. While not caring to know the details of past drama is fine, to be _completely_ unaware of it seems both rather myopic and somewhat naive IMO. Have you never taken any interest in the his…
I also think you're taking it too seriously. Internet drama is a relatively unimportant thing in life. Wars on the other hand... Internet drama has the importance of celebrity gossip.
> Have you never taken any interest in the history of the tools you use or the Internet generally?
I did take interest in the history of some of the tools. It doesn't mean I explore the history of all of them, or that this history is particularly valuable knowledge. What you learn this way is mostly just shallow trivia. E.g. knowing why strncpy works the way it works with regard to '\0' isn't knowledge that deepens your understanding of anything; it's just trivia. But sometimes it's a pleasant way to mindlessly, idly spend your time.
Wait. An IRC network has employees?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I dunno who the "We" is in "We are founding a new network with the same goals and ambitions to support foss and likeminded communities: libera.chat." But if it is the same people who mismanaged freenode into this joke then maybe nobody should go there. Just a heads up. I think this Andrew Lee person would have a tough time being worse than them. How long until they sell libera.chat for a pack of magic beans? I give i…
They were the ones opposed to this sale. The sale was basically not a sale but a hostile takeover, and the former staff have now created a non-profit organization under Swedish law to hold the new network so that this kind of thing can't happen again.
What statute in Swedish law prohibits them from selling the network to someone who "totally gave his word" for a pack of beans?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I happen to like nickserv's UX. There are far worse UIs on the web. Simple is good.
The fact that nickserv is just another user and you can't be sure the network had taken precaution to avoid another using swiping the name in the event of a services outage is a problem. Add to that the (now admittedly rare) networks that don't use any form of nickserv and the phishing potential for users that don't realise that